Definitions for sandbur

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sandbur sand·bur

Spelling: [sand-bur]

IPA: /ˈsændˌbɜr/

Sandbur is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 228 anagrams from letters in sandbur (abdnrsu).

Definitions for sandbur

noun

1. any of various grasses of the genus Cenchrus, having spikelets enclosed in prickly burs.
2. any of several bur-bearing weeds growing in sandy places, as Franseria acanthicarpa or Solanum rostratum, of the western U.S.

Origin of sandbur

An Americanism dating back to 1820-30; sand + bur¹